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For me, the only name that I would 100% use - that could be considered honouring - is Mary. I will not budge on this. Mary was my paternal grandmother's middle name (who has sadly past ten years since), it is my mother's middle name and my own. Therefore I see using Mary as the middle name for a future daughter more of a tradition than honouring - it would be my hope that if she chose to have children of her own and had a daughter that she would pass on Mary, and so on and so forth.

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I have many family members who I love, none more so than my gorgeous, younger sister Ellie. I would consider using Eleanore as a middle name to honour my sister.

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I have an Uncle Herbert who has been a massive influence in my life and the male role model I needed during my teen year when my biological father wasn't around. Although mostly everybody I meet dislikes or hates Herbert (as a name) I think it has some geeky, vintage charm - a bit like Eugene - and I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a middle name.

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My father has recently come back into my life and I would consider honouring him though I hate his first name, Keith, and I'm not wild about his middle name, Andrew. I would consider Drew as a middle name for a daughter or son but I don't know if this is too much of a stretch. Realistically, I think I would sit down with my partner and my dad and talk about our want to honour him, I would use Keith if that's what he really wanted, but I would also give him the choice to choose my baby's middle name as a different way of 'honouring'.

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